A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DOTE

Wed, 1 Oct '25
Shower affection (on)
Sun, 31 Mar '24
Spoil, with "on"
Sun, 22 Oct '23
Heap affection (on)
Fri, 13 Oct '23
Pour on the affection
Mon, 25 Sep '23
Shower love (on)
Mon, 3 Jul '23
Pour love (on)
Sat, 12 Nov '22
Pamper to a fault, with "on"
Fri, 8 Jul '22
Hardly be hard (on)
Mon, 7 Feb '22
Lavish affection (on)
Fri, 12 Feb '21
Heap love (on)